Arman Kırım

Arman Kırım, who was born in Söke in 1954, started his education life in primary schools in different cities. He continued his education in Izmir as a boarding student at Izmir College in Bornova. After completing his university education in the Department of Business Administration at Middle East Technical University (METU), he completed his master's degree in Economics at the University of Leeds in England. He completed his doctoral studies on development economics at the University of East Anglia.

Kırım started his academic career as a lecturer at the University of Warwick in England the year he completed his doctorate. After returning to Türkiye, he worked first as an Assistant Professor and then as an Associate Professor in the METU Department of Business Administration. However, he ended his studies at the university in 1992 and focused on the business world.

His entrepreneurial adventure in the business world began with Türkiye's first banking and management training company, Fed Training / DC Gardner Türkiye, which he founded in 1991. With this pioneering work and his contributions to the sector, he was awarded the "Most Successful Young Entrepreneur of the Year" award in 1995.

In addition to Crimea's academic publications, his books on business and economy also attracted great attention. In particular, his book "The Smart One of the Purple Cow" entered the bestseller list among business books in Türkiye. Crimea, who published a total of 17 books in this field, presented strategies and models for the economic development of the country with his works such as "How Türkiye Gets Rich" and "New Entrepreneurship".

Arman Kırım, who also took an active role in the field of journalism, wrote articles on strategy, marketing and economy in Radikal and Milliyet newspapers. He also reached the audience with the television program "Entrepreneur", which he prepared and hosted. Additionally, he wrote articles on the modernization of Turkish cuisine and innovative recipes in the gastronomy column he devoted to Hürriyet Newspaper between 2004 and 2010.

In these articles, he aimed to offer his readers a universal perspective by emphasizing the importance of good kitchen techniques and quality ingredients.